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“What we learn from History is that no one learns from History” ~ Otto von Bismarck, 1815-1898 "There are no solutions, only tradeoffs" ~ Thomas Sowell

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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Unlocking Ancient Greek with Apollo | Mistral AI * 1M+ unread Greek papyri worldwide, now accessible through AI * 600M words from historical Greek texts power Apollo’s training * Hours, not years to decipher and restore ancient inscriptions mistral.ai/customers/au...
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Austrian Academy of Sciences | Mistral AI
Austrian Academy of Sciences unlocks Ancient Greek with Mistral.
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
More children are born in Nigeria each year than all other countries except India & China. That's because their total fertility rate is around 4.5 vs just over 2.0 in India and around in 1.0 in China. Compared to Europe: brilliantmaps.com/europe-vs...
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IFLScience @iflscience.com · 09/10/2026
The Stone Age is named for the kinds of tools that dominate the period's archaeological sites, and yet humans over 40,000 years ago clearly had more in their toolkits than just stone. www.iflscience.com/neanderthals...
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Map of German Territorial Losses 1919-1945 brilliantmaps.com/german-te...
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Microsoft spots new twist on ClickFix "cache smuggling" - iTnews www.itnews.com.au/news/microso...
itnews.com.au
Microsoft spots new twist on ClickFix "cache smuggling"
Attackers now fish their malware out of the browser cache by file size alone.
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Batlow’s Apple Thief and Wagga’s Thirsty Crow crowned Sydney Royal champions | Region Riverina regionriverina.com.au/batlows-appl...
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Batlow’s Apple Thief and Wagga’s Thirsty Crow crowned Sydney Royal champions | Region Riverina
Batlow cider maker The Apple Thief and Wagga Wagga brewery Thirsty Crow have won champion titles at the 2026 Sydney…
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Physicists Find a Superconductor That 'Breaks' The Symmetry of Time – A First For Its Kind : ScienceAlert www.sciencealert.com/physicists-f...
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Physicists Find a Superconductor That 'Breaks' The Symmetry of Time – A First For Its Kind
Under certain conditions – such as bone-brittling temperatures lower than that of deep space – superconductors can conduct electricity without resistance and resultant energy loss.  Though they vary i...
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FT: Joining the dots between big AI '...mapping the AI universe and cataloguing the interconnections between major players. Spoiler: they are many. www.ft.com/content/8475...
ft.com
Joining the dots between big AI
In the loop?
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One brewery's mission to disrupt Oktoberfest's "cartel" 'For generations, only six breweries have been allowed to pour at the world's biggest beer festival, which generates ~$1.8B for the local economy and attracts upwards of 7m merrymakers' thehustle.co/news/one-bre...
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One brewery's mission to disrupt Oktoberfest's "cartel"
An upstart brewery is looking to break up a beer monopoly.
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Are your muscles thanks to a 47,000-year-old gene? Scientists stunned by discovery - Futura-Sciences 'if you inherited two copies you could be walking around with more than half a Kg of bonus muscle thanks to ancient DNA' www.futura-sciences.com/en/are-your-...
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Are your muscles thanks to a 47,000-year-old gene? Scientists stunned by discovery - Futura-Sciences
A genetic handshake across millennia The interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans didn’t just give anthropologists lots to write about—it left functional traces in our very DNA. An August ...
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
900 Intern Candidates Applied for a Job with an Old-School Test 'Candidates have to submit cover letters written by hand, a way to separate more genuine applicants from the mass of generic submissions' www.entrepreneur.com/business-new...
entrepreneur.com
900 Applicants Wanted a Startup Internship. First, They Had to Meet a Surprising Old-School Requirement.
It’s one more hoop to jump through for candidates looking for entry-level work.
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Inside Vladimir Putin's world of bunkers, body doubles and growing paranoia - ABC News www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Behind his strongman image, Putin's world is shrinking
Vladimir Putin has built extraordinary power over almost three decades as Russia's leader. Yet as voters go to the polls this weekend, insiders say his world is shrinking.
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Vocus plans fibre link between Brisbane and Darwin 'The approx 4000km route follows the Sydney-Melbourne link & expected to be ready for service in 2030 with Qld & NT are emerging as key data centre precincts linking Oz with Asia & the USA' www.itnews.com.au/news/vocus-p...
itnews.com.au
Vocus plans fibre link between Brisbane and Darwin
Second leg of ADIP project.
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What a wonderful message that is and so true. He will be remembered for a very long time.
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hoxton Ventures backs human hair toothpaste pioneer in $4M round 'pioneering a process in which keratin, a protein sourced from human hair or sheep’s wool, can repair damaged tooth enamel' tech.eu/2026/09/16/h...
tech.eu
Hoxton Ventures backs human hair toothpaste pioneer in $4M round
Hoxton Ventures is co-leading the round with The Venture Collective.
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
10 Abandoned Cities Reclaimed by Nature That Are Eerily Beautiful | Architectural Digest 'Whether they’ve been encased in greenery or flooded with sand, the elements have overtaken these abandoned locales' www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/aban...
architecturaldigest.com
10 Abandoned Cities Reclaimed by Nature That Are Eerily Beautiful
Whether they’ve been encased in greenery or flooded with sand, the elements have overtaken these abandoned locales
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Denisovans who interbred with modern humans were already hybrids. scienceblog.com/t-denisovans...
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The Denisovans who interbred with modern humans were already hybrids. UC Berkeley researchers inferred that 3 to 5 percent of their DNA came from an unidentified hominin lineage that diverged from our...
A genomic reconstruction suggests Denisovans inherited 3 to 5 percent of their DNA from a much older unidentified lineage before passing a fraction onward to modern humans.
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IFLScience @iflscience.com · 14/09/2026
Could this be the future of weight loss? www.iflscience.com/weight-loss-...
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
From nuclear winter to asteroid strikes, Australia could be one of the safest places on Earth if, or rather when, a global catastrophe strikes. But researchers warn no country would escape unscathed.
abc.net.au
What makes Australia one of the safest countries in a doomsday scenario?
From nuclear winter to asteroid strikes, Australia could be one of the safest places on Earth if, or rather when, a global catastrophe strikes. But researchers warn no country would escape unscathed.
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Samsung says ‘Tim Cook’ bought a Galaxy FoldTim "Cook’s New Zealander doppelgänger is promoting the Galaxy Z Fold 8 in Samsung’s latest ad teasing Apple" www.theverge.com/tech/993928/...
theverge.com
Samsung says ‘Tim Cook’ bought a Galaxy Fold
It’s not the Tim Cook you’re thinking of.
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
NSW towns are capitalising on canola's picturesque backdrop with a free public field proving a major drawcard.
abc.net.au
Free canola field lets tourists take selfies without trampling crops
NSW towns are capitalising on canola's picturesque backdrop with a free public field proving a major drawcard.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Exponential growth Original post
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Scientists observe Einstein’s gravity in the quantum world www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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Scientists observe Einstein’s gravity in the quantum world
An international team including Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Sir Roger Penrose has observed a long-predicted effect of gravity on a falling quantum object for the first time. The result sho...
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Scientists discover why damaged nerves struggle to heal www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Scientists discover why damaged nerves struggle to heal
Scientists have identified a protein that acts like a brake on the nervous system’s ability to repair damaged connections. Blocking AHR helped injured nerve fibers regrow and improved movement and sen...
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A €4,000 scam sparked a startup that stops phone fraud before your mobile even rings - Tech.eu 'From hackathon win to police partnerships and pre-seed backing, Guardian Labs is building a new line of defence against phone scams' tech.eu/2026/08/14/a...
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Tech.eu - European Startup, Funding and Technology News
The premier source of European technology news, data, research, analysis and in-depth market intelligence.
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Throwing Like a Girl: Is Biology Allowed to Explain Anything? 'Fausto-Sterling’s treatment of sex differences in throwing reveals how modern Blank Slate thinking survives by acknowledging biology in principle while dismissing it in practice' www.realityslaststand.com/p/throwing-l...
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Throwing Like a Girl: Is Biology Allowed to Explain Anything?
Fausto-Sterling’s treatment of sex differences in throwing reveals how modern Blank Slate thinking survives by acknowledging biology in principle while dismissing it in practice.
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Human Male Pelvis Is an Evolutionary Innovation for Walking Long Distances, While the Female Pelvis Resembles That of Neanderthals 'the modern male pelvis is a biomechanical modification designed to absorb impacts and return energy during walking' www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/08/t...
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The Human Male Pelvis Is an Evolutionary Innovation for Walking Long Distances, While the Female Pelvis Resembles That of Neanderthals
A study conducted at the Department of Anatomy and Anthropology at Tel Aviv University, whose results have been published in Scientific Reports, proposes a radical reinterpretation of the evolution of...
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This flow chart allows you to figure out which European language you are reading. Source: buff.ly/2UklhET
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Newly Invented Pixel Could Turn Screens Into Cameras - Gizmodo - Physics & Chemistry 'We're always looking at screens—but what if screens could someday look back at us?' gizmodo.com/newly-invent...
gizmodo.com
Newly Invented Pixel Could Turn Screens Into Cameras
We're always looking at screens—but what if screens could someday look back at us?
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
‘Tokenmaxxing’ hits limits as workplaces look for cheaper artificial intelligence | AP News apnews.com/article/ai-t...
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Workplaces look for cheaper AI as ‘tokenmaxxing’ fades as a corporate fad
A corporate fad of “tokenmaxxing” on artificial intelligence technology is hitting its limits as workplaces throwing AI at everything are seeing the costs rise without a similar spike in productivity.
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Today's Market = 1999 Capex + 2008 Credit 'Today's AI bubble has elements of both the 1999 overinvestment in internet infrastructure and the 2008 collapse of financial instruments that infected the banking and financial system' investor.fm/todays-marke...
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Today's Market = 1999 Capex + 2008 Credit - The Intellectual Investor - Value Investing by Vitaliy Katsenelson
I wrote in the past that the AI rollout feels a lot like déjà vu of the 1999 telecom bubble. Today's AI bubble has elements of both the 1999 overinvestment in internet infrastructure and the 2008 coll...
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Why Is Everyone Trying to Build a Solid-State Battery? www.construction-physics.com/p/why-is-eve...
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Why Is Everyone Trying to Build a Solid-State Battery?
A battery technology that’s getting a lot of attention is solid-state batteries, lithium-ion batteries that replace the liquid electrolyte with a solid material.
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Career suicide, whatever it takes - by Danny Crichton '... no shortcuts nor stratagems that can suddenly take a naif to greatness, or a poor country to the apex of power. It’s just work, debilitatingly hard work' www.readsecurities.com/p/career-sui...
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Career suicide, whatever it takes
A review of four new books on China, the U.S. and tech
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 16/08/2026
E-scooter riders in England and Wales may face a higher risk of brain and internal organ injuries than motorcyclists and cyclists, according to a study in Scientific Reports. The authors recommend measures for increasing e-scooter safety. go.nature.com/4q01gnr 🧪
This is figure 1, which shows age-stratified injury profile across transport modalities.
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying '...corporate leadership starting premise is that AI has/will radically change business, & they're working backwards from that premise to find the evidence to support this article of faith.' www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
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Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The fermented crescent | Aeon Essays Ancient Mesopotamians had a profound love of beer: a beverage they found celebratory, intoxicating and strangely erotic aeon.co/essays/mesop...
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
GitHub - simplifaisoul/osiris: Open Source Global Intelligence Platform - Real-Time OSINT Dashboard - A Palantir Alternative - GitHub github.com/simplifaisou...
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GitHub - simplifaisoul/osiris: Open Source Global Intelligence Platform - Real-Time OSINT Dashboard - A Palantir Alternative - 2nZNHm3Lr9umG3DVrzYwHgktwkuKuJRXqqRqs3ewpump
Open Source Global Intelligence Platform - Real-Time OSINT Dashboard - A Palantir Alternative - 2nZNHm3Lr9umG3DVrzYwHgktwkuKuJRXqqRqs3ewpump - simplifaisoul/osiris
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Deaf People Show How To Swear In Sign Language thelanguagenerds.com/2024/bad-wor...
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Deaf People Show How To Swear In Sign Language, And It’s Hilarious (16 Examples).
Explore the world of sign language swear words in American Sign Language (ASL). Discover how to express objectionable words in this visual language.
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
MIT professor gave the same ‘How to Speak’ lecture for 40 years. Here are his 5 pearls of wisdom. “…your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak.” www.upworthy.com/mit-professo...
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MIT professor gave the same 'How to Speak' lecture for 40 years. Here are his 5 pearls of wisdom.
"...your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak."
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
IBM Debuts World’s First Sub-1 Nanometer Chip Technology 'Built with revolutionary “nanostack” 3D chip architecture, IBM’s sub-1 nm chip to propel semiconductor industry forward for the next decade' newsroom.ibm.com/2026-06-25-i...
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IBM Debuts World’s First Sub-1 Nanometer Chip Technology
IBM unveiled a major semiconductor breakthrough with the introduction of the world’s first sub-1 nanometer (nm) chip technology, featuring a revolutionary transistor architecture at the 0.7 nm, or 7 a...
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Gen Z Appears to Be Reversing No-Drinking Trend, Now Lurching Toward Alcoholism futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com
Gen Z Appears to Be Reversing No-Drinking Trend, Now Lurching Toward Alcoholism
After being stigmatized as the least-alcoholic generation, Gen-Z are now knocking them back as much as everyone else.
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
"A foreigner visited an average Aussie town. Her reaction went viral" Woy Woy viral video: Why an Instagram reel about a Central Coast day trip reveals our travel biases www.smh.com.au/traveller/re...
smh.com.au
A foreigner visited an average Aussie town. Her reaction went viral
We can laugh all we want at how charmed a Korean visitor was by a seemingly charmless town, but the reality is that we all do the same thing overseas.
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
AI brain implant restores a paralysed man’s movement 'An AI brain implant called the "double neural bypass" has restored movement and touch to a man with complete paralysis, and the gains lasted for years, researchers report in Nature Medicine' thenextweb.com/news/feinste...
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AI brain implant restores a paralysed man’s movement
An AI brain implant called the double neural bypass restored movement and touch to a paralysed man, and the gains lasted years, per Nature Medicine.
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Bordeaux vineyard values plunge as wine sales fall below three million hectolitres www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2026/07/bord...
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Bordeaux vineyard values plunge as wine sales fall below three million hectolitres
Land prices across Bordeaux's leading appellations have continued to slide as the region's prolonged wine crisis deepens, with annual wine sales dropping below the symbolic threshold of three million ...
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Russian spies hunt for routers running legacy protocols with default credentials - iTnews 'With SNMP v1 and v2, community strings are sent unencrypted across networks' www.itnews.com.au/news/russian...
itnews.com.au
Russian spies hunt for routers running legacy protocols with default credentials
FSB hackers quietly harvest router configurations.
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Japanese investors surge into Australian property as Chinese sell www.realestate.com.au/news/japanes...
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Japanese investors surge into Australian property as Chinese sell - realestate.com.au
Thousands of Chinese investors are ditching their Aussie investments as experts warn a property market crash in their homeland is flowing through to the lucky country.
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
AI fight exposes Silicon Valley’s mimetic flaw | Reuters www.breakingviews.com/columns/big-...
breakingviews.com
AI fight exposes Silicon Valley’s mimetic flaw
René ​Girard believed man is ⁠a creature ​of imitation. The ​French social theorist’s ideas have many fans in ​Silicon Valley. ​The competition to dominate ‌artificial ⁠intelligence looks like a textb...
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Some Monsters are Real - by Prof. Eliot Jacobson 'What's coming has never been seen before in the history of modern global industrial civilization ... and it's just getting started' climatecasino.substack.com/p/some-monst...
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Some Monsters are Real
What's coming has never been seen before in the history of modern global industrial civilization ... and it's just getting started.
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A global workspace in language models \ Anthropic www.anthropic.com/research/glo...
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A global workspace in language models
Interpretability research on Claude's internal thoughts.
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billrobo @billrobo.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The radical reasons why you dream of making things by hand | Aeon Essays 'Skill nostalgia - Is all the beekeeping, baking and leatherwork just escapist fantasy or the start of a radically human approach to work?' aeon.co/essays/the-r...
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